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Toss-up · 2016 President
Virginia President
In the 2016 Virginia President race, Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) won by about 5 points.
Actual result
D+5.3
Final polls said
D+6.6
22 late polls · ✓
VotePredictor Elections predicted
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Winner
Dem
"Final polls" = the last ~3 weeks; the prediction is walk-forward. How this is scored →
Final rankings
How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor Elections shown inline (★).
Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result
| # | Pollster | Final call | Miss | Called |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public Policy Polling | D+5.0 | 0.3 | ✓ |
| 2 | Gravis Marketing | D+5.0 | 0.3 | ✓ |
| 3 | Winthrop University Center for Public Opinion & Policy Research | D+5.0 | 0.3 | ✓ |
| 4 | Lucid | D+5.0 | 0.3 | ✓ |
| 5 | Ipsos | D+4.8 | 0.5 | ✓ |
| 6 | Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic Leadership | D+6.0 | 0.7 | ✓ |
| 7 | The Washington Post/George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government | D+6.0 | 0.7 | ✓ |
| 8 | Hampton University Center for Public Policy | D+4.0 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| 9 | Emerson College | D+4.0 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| 10 | Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion Research | D+7.0 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| 11 | Princeton Survey Research Associates International | D+3.0 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| 12 | SurveyMonkey | D+8.0 | 2.7 | ✓ |
| 13 | Remington Research Group | D+2.0 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| 14 | Tarrance Group | D+9.0 | 3.7 | ✓ |
| 15 | YouGov | D+9.1 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| 16 | Quinnipiac University | D+12.0 | 6.7 | ✓ |
Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier
| # | Forecaster | Win prob | Brier | Called |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton Election Consortium | Dem 98% | 0.000 | ✓ |
| 2 | New York Times | Dem 96% | 0.002 | ✓ |
| 3 | VotePredictor Elections | Dem 92% | 0.006 | ✓ |
| 4 | Cook Political | Dem 90% | 0.010 | ✓ |
| 5 | Inside Elections | Dem 90% | 0.010 | ✓ |
| 6 | Sabato's Crystal Ball | Dem 90% | 0.010 | ✓ |
| 7 | FiveThirtyEight | Dem 86% | 0.020 | ✓ |
The polls behind it
39 polls · newest firstPollsterDateSampleMiss
Hampton University Center for Public Policy2016-11-041
SurveyMonkey2016-11-043
Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic Leadership2016-11-031
Public Policy Polling2016-11-030
Ipsos2016-11-031
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2016 Virginia President race?
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) won, by about 5.3 points (D+5.3).
When was the 2016 Virginia President election held?
It was held in November 2016.